Why tattooed Fox News star Pete Hegseth is a genius pick for Trump’s Defense Secretary, writes JOSH HAMMER

Cue the Democrat-media complex freakouts! Leftist tears have been flowing mightily ever since Trump shocked the world by winning every single swing state in last Tuesday’s electoral rout. But those tears turned into waterfalls after Trump tapped Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth to clean out the Augean stables at the bloated, woke-addled Pentagon.

London TV chef and Putin critic dubbed ‘Russia’s Jamie Oliver’ who had fled to UK is found dead in hotel

A RUSSIAN TV chef who fled to London after opposing Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war has been found dead in a Belgrade hotel. Alexei Zimin, 52, died suddenly on a promotional tour to the Serbian capital where authorities said his cause of death remained “unclear“. Zimin – Russia’s answer to Jamie Oliver – met the British celebrity chef and was also a pal of Hollywood star Jude Law.

Republican’s horrifying allegations about Matt Gaetz resurface after Trump announces attorney general pick

Allegations about Rep. Matt Gaetz having 𝑠e𝑥ual relationships with underage girls have resurfaced after Donald Trump announced the Florida representative as his pick for Attorney General. Sen. Markwayne Mullin slammed Gaetz earlier this year for showing images of girls he ‘slept with’ to colleagues on the floor of the U.S. House. The Oklahoma Senator now tells CNN that he trusts Trump’s decision to pick Gaetz to join his cabinet.

Inmate is executed TWICE in Iran after first hanging was halted 28 seconds in when victim’s family shouted ‘forgiveness’

THE EXECUTION of a man was halted after 28 agonising seconds, only for the victim to be executed a second time months later. Family of Iranian Ahmad Alizadeh, 26, was forced to watch on in horror as they begged “forgiveness“ for their dying relative. However, this cry only prolonged Ahmad’s already crippling pain.

FBI seizes Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s phone and computer after he predicted Trump win

The FBI has seized the CEO of Polymarket’s phone and electronics after the election-betting platform successfully forecast Donald Trump’s win. Shayne Coplan, 26, was targeted at his Soho home during a dawn raid on Wednesday, sources told the New York Post. The insider blasted the seizure as ‘grand political theater at its worst’.

Blogger dad who starved son to death after insisting he live on sunlight instead of food slapped with HARSHER punishment

A RUSSIAN influencer was jailed after letting his newborn starve to death and demanding he should merely live on sunlight instead of food. “Raw food fanatic“ Maxim Lyutyi, 44, has been serving his sentence in a high security penal colony since April – but has now been slapped with a harsher punishment. Lyutyi’s son Kosmos, who was born prematurely, died from “pneumonia and emaciation“ due to poor feeding habits.

The Londoners who are quick enough to beat the phone thieves! Video shows pedestrians snatching their devices from marauding e-bike gangs

London’s phone theft epidemic shows no signs of abating, but as marauding gangs continue to prowl the city on a daily basis, some hardy locals have become too smart for the criminals. Circling around London’s exclusive areas in the saddle of a moped or, more commonly, silent and illegally modified e-bikes, these ruthless phone snatchers will stop at nothing. Speeding around corners and catching locals and tourists off guard, they pounce within seconds, leaving unwitting victims with zero time to react before they realise what has happened.

Gaza jihadists release sick ‘proof of life’ vid of hostage Sasha Trufanov as his agonised mum says she’s ‘very worried’

A GAZA-based terror group has published footage of Israeli hostage Sasha Trufanov in a disturbing “proof of life“ propaganda move. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad shared the sick video of Sasha – torturing his distraught mum who said she is “very worried“ for his safety. After more than a year in captivity in Gaza, the young Israeli said he has endured a shortage of food, water, electricity and hygiene products.

Trump dares Republicans to challenge his unchecked power after shock move to name Matt Gaetz attorney general

Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the Republican party on Wednesday night with his announcement that he’ll nominate Matt Gaetz as his Attorney General in a bold test of his unchecked power. GOP Senators were stunned by the news the MAGA firebrand Florida Congressman was picked for one of the most senior roles in Trump’s second administration in a sign they could try and block his confirmation. Gaetz, 42, is under the subject of an ethics investigation over claims of 𝑠e𝑥ual misconduct, bribery and drug use – which he denies – and was also the focus of unsubstantiated 𝑠e𝑥 trafficking claims involving a 17-year-old girl.

Ukraine denies it’s ‘months away from building nuclear bomb’ to use as bargaining chip to force Putin to end war

UKRAINE has denied reports it could be months away from developing a nuclear bomb. It was claimed Kyiv could build a basic device that would have just one-tenth of the power of the “Fat Man“ – the bomb dropped by the US on Nagasaki in 1945. The claim was first made in a paper published by the Centre for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies – a Ukrainian military think tank, reports The Times.